The climax of evil is reached; salvation looked for out of Zion

In Psalm 14 the evil has reached its climax in God's sight What
is ever true of flesh is now brought up under God's eye at the time
when He is going to judge. Man rises up in pride before Him: yea,
He judges because flesh does so. He looks down to see if any
understand or seek Him amongst men; but there are none. A remnant
indeed wrought in by grace, whom He already owns as His people
(v. 4), are there, and these the wicked eat up as they would bread
they do not call on Jehovah. It is man's full-blown pride and
wickedness; but all is soon changed: God is in the congregation of
the righteous. Fear falls upon the proud, who but a while ago were
scorning the poor for trusting Jehovah. The seventh verse shows us
that all this is anticipative and prophetic, and where and how it
will be accomplished. It is the desire of the godly one according
to the intelligence of faith. He looks for it, note, out of Zion,
not content till Jehovah establishes praise there. The people, too,
remark, are seen as in captivity.